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Wirral

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Wirral, metropolitan borough (1991 est. pop. 322,100), NW England, on the peninsula between the Mersey and Dee estuaries, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Sometimes referred to as "the dormitory of Liverpool," it contains many high-income residential developments, as well as some light industry and agricultural land. The coastal areas are mainly relegated for recreational purposes; formerly the area was a royal forest and game preserve. Arrowe Park was the site of the First Worldwide Boy Scouts Jamboree in 1929. Heswall parish was the birthplace of Emma Hamilton Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765?–1815, mistress of the British naval hero Horatio Nelson. Born Emma Lyon, she became the mistress of Charles Greville, then of Sir William Hamilton, ambassador to Naples, whom she married (1791).
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Wirral
1. the. a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Merseyside. Pop.: 313 800 (2003 est.). Area: 158 sq. km (61 sq. miles)


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WIRRAL has been given almost pounds 1m to help those finding it most difficult to get back into work.
Wirral cash boost to help people back to work by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
YOUTH organisations in Wirral could share pounds 90,000 in funding - but only if they convince young people they deserve the cash.
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Byline: LIAM MURPHY WIRRAL is the only area in the north of England to move through to the next stage of developing a new university.
Delight as plans for Wirral university move closer; Site to be 'at ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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